About Me

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

It’s probably easier to not compromise when we are
younger. That’s a sound argument for always staying young at heart.

Dreams

When I decided to study English at graduation, that
was when I stuck up for what I believed in. People said it doesn’t pay, it’s
for self satisfaction, it has no career prospects.

I thought I’d become a journalist, but I actually
wanted to become a better writer. I did. Not become a journalist, but a better
writer.

Somewhere along the line, our dreams may change.
Reality impacts them, so it is but natural that they do. Still, if we don’t
dream, how will we live?

Even when I finished graduation, my love for
literature remained. Unconsciously, I still approach art the same way we were
taught. What’s the sub text?

Reality

My MBA taught me about a different kind of sub
text. What’s the agenda? Just another word for sub text. One that isn’t
academic, a little more menacing.

Magic realism

The two have fused. I use both today, whether it is
at work or at home. Both talked about people. Negotiation involves
understanding what makes people tick. Negotiation was something I learnt
practically at b-school, but used as a term in College.

Foucault’s words on the relation between power and
knowledge- first came across them in College. See their truth around me
everywhere.

The production of fiction as a commodity- popular
fiction- was again something revealed to me in my second year in College.
Studied its marketing at b-school and am now trying to practically do it at
work.

Authorship

Even if one sticks to a pure ivory tower, it’s
difficult. It will get polluted. The atmosphere’s not the cleanest. Why not
then control what influences our thoughts, and act keeping reality in mind, not
just idealism?

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

With circumstances I’ve changed. But there
are some things I’ve always held dear. Writing poetry. My love of nature. My
passion for learning. Labels are easy. They tell everyone at a glance what’s
inside.

All that’s inside may not be on the label

The jar may not be transparent. The label
may be one thing, but the contents another. Or the label may refer to one
thing, but the jar contains more than one. People stereotype because it makes
it easier for them to react to others.

Men don’t make passes at women who wear…

Glasses means you’re studious. Now I wear
lenses. Does that make me more fun loving? I always had a wild side. Toppers
are no fun. I didn’t study to top, it just happened.

Yes and…then

It was liberating when I stopped topping
though. I met difference first in b-school, when fellow students thought that I
took English because I got low marks. When they heard my marks, they were
zapped. I tried to tell them it’s possible to get good marks and still want to
follow your heart.

Yes and…now

Today I’m a wife, and a friend. Still a
friend to my gal pals. A daughter, and a daughter-in-law. A manager and a poet.

Ah, poetry…

Painting the world in black and white would
be so dull. Shades of colour make it fun. Expressing myself through poetry
helps me cohere my world and whatever’s happening. Rhyme gives it structure, which
the real world may not have.

Mama nature

Writing about nature, or simply gawking at
it in its always varying moods, gives me a sense of peace. Strong mountains
seem to shoulder the earth, giving me the confidence to leave things in God’s
hands.

Lllearning….

Learning lights up new pathways in my
brain, much like when I exercise, which sadly, is not as frequent as I would
like it to be. The Internet’s great for learning. I like trying out new dishes
occasionally. The appreciation, both by the diner and online gives me a fuzzy
warm feeling inside.